aeration fans

[seabass]

Kihei u have some issues with Valleys products?

[Kihei]

I have had a fair amount of trouble with the Brock guardian 10 hp fan motors that I bought from valley .. Other than that they were good to deal with .

[dalek]

We've always had trouble with service life on electric motors, last place on a short hydro line that Hydro One hasn't maintained for 30 years. Always had "dirty" hydro

[seabass]

We havent had much trouble with fans but unload augers yes. Pretty good to deal with otherwise.

[mbdog]

tweety...Baldor...thx for correction and sorry to Balder.
Dalek...dirty hydro? Sounds like something that I should be questioning MB hydro about?
Brave...Rosenort able to determine cause/source of failure? Was told substandard bearings may be a problem...couple of the motors smell burnt and windings look charred. Told can't fix...new motors not cheap especially if problem continues.

[mbdog]

seabass...have an 4 year old unload auger motor...maybe has 20 hours of use...failed..

[Braveheart]

Mbdog, we haven't sent the fan for repair yet. They won't look at it for a month and by then it won't be needed. This fan draws too many amps and starts to run backwards before tripping breaker. I've been told by others it's unfixable.

[dalek]

Your electrician should be able to find it if he knows to look. Our voltage coming into our meter fluctuates way more than it's supposed to

[biglentil]

Check to see if they are wired with aluminum or copper. Copper conductivity is rated at 97 and aluminum 60 or something. Anyways was told that aluminum is not good for electric motors.